Around the Council Fire, The Young Brave's Speech (from "Harper's Weekly") 1873

"Around the Council Fire, The Young Brave's Speech" is a wood engraving by American artist Theodore Russell Davis, created in 1873. Depicting a scene of Native American life, the work showcases a young brave delivering a speech to a gathered group around a campfire. Davis's illustration captures the visual drama of the moment, with the firelight illuminating the brave's impassioned gesture and the attentive faces of the audience. The piece is a captivating example of 19th-century artistic representations of Native American culture, now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.